Karim Temsamani
CEO
Karim Temsamani is Cardlytics Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Cardlytics, Karim served in several leadership roles at Stripe including head of global partnerships, and head of financial products where he led the strategic vision and execution across product and engineering. Preceding Stripe, he spent nearly 12 years at Google, where he oversaw all of Google’s sales and operations across the Asia Pacific region, determining the strategy for Google products including AdWords, AdMob, Google Maps, Google Apps for Business, DoubleClick Ad Exchange, YouTube, and AdSense. While at Google, he also established its mobile advertising business as the global head of mobile, overseeing the growth of the business worldwide. Karim started his career in the media and publishing industries and graduated in International Affairs at the European Business School Paris. With a family background from Morocco, he was born and raised in France.
Amit Gupta
Chief Operating Officer
Amit Gupta is the Chief Operating Officer at Cardlytics. Before joining Cardlytics, he was Head of Strategy and Operations for Global Partnerships at Stripe, responsible for work with banks, networks, and payment methods. Before Stripe, Amit was Director of Strategy, New Products, and Operations for Google’s Geo division, leading product and engineering execution and strategy for popular consumer and business products like Google Maps, Local Search, Food, Maps Enterprise Platform, and SMBs. Prior, Amit founded and was the CEO of a series of startups. He started his career at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he was promoted to Partner in the Technology practice working with clients across media, financial services, and consumer products. Amit holds a Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University and a Master of Business Administration from the NYU Stern School of Business.
Andy Christiansen
Chief Financial Officer
Andy Christiansen is the Chief Financial Officer at Cardlytics. Before joining Cardlytics, Andy held accounting and financial reporting positions at Cbeyond, Inc. Earlier in his career, he held audit and tax consulting positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte. Andy holds a BS and MAc in accounting from the University of Iowa and is a licensed CPA.
Nick Lynton
Chief Legal & Privacy Officer
Nick Lynton is the Chief Legal and Privacy Officer at Cardlytics. Prior to assuming this role, he spent seven years in the Cardlytics Legal Department, including serving as the company’s Assistant General Counsel. Before his time at Cardlytics, Nick was an attorney at Alston & Bird LLP. Nick holds a BA in American Studies and English from Tulane University and a JD from Vanderbilt University Law School.
Ross McNab
Chief Business Officer
Ross McNab is the Chief Business Officer at Cardlytics. Prior to joining Cardlytics, he was the North America Managing Director at MediaMath. Before its acquisition by MediaMath, Ross co-founded Kinected where he served as Chief Revenue Officer. Ross holds a BA in Marketing and Commerce from Curtin University in Perth, Australia.
Jose Singer
Chief Product Officer
Jose Singer is Cardlytics’ Chief Product Officer where he leads Cardlytics’ overall product strategy, including the evolution and expansion of its advertising platform capabilities and user interface. Singer previously served as Nextdoor’s Head of Product for business and agency solutions where he oversaw end-to-end product experience, unifying the ad platforms and overall strategy for small and enterprise advertisers. Singer previously held various leadership positions at Yahoo, including Vice President of Product for their advertising solutions, running their native, search, service delivery, and supply-side ad platforms. He holds a Master of Law from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Singer will be based in Cardlytics’ San Francisco office.
Peter Chan
Chief Technology Officer
Peter Chan is Cardlytics' Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Cardlytics, Chan worked at Amazon as the Director of Product Management and Engineering for its advertising services group. He also served in various leadership roles throughout his 15-year tenure with Yahoo, working across priority projects like the Gemini Ad Network, Yahoo Ad Exchange, and the Yahoo Search Marketing platform all while increasing responsibility within the engineering department and leading global teams.
James Hart
Vice President, People
James Hart is Vice President of People at Cardlytics. Prior to joining Cardlytics, he held a variety of HR roles at Southwire Company, including talent acquisition strategy, compensation and benefits, talent management, learning and development, and employee relations. Earlier in his career, James was in the U.S. Air Force maintenance field. James holds a BBA in Management and an MBA from University of West Georgia.
Amit Jain
Bridg Chief Executive Officer
Amit Jain is the Chief Executive Officer of Bridg, an enterprise SaaS data infrastructure company on a mission to make customer data accessible and actionable for brick and mortar retailers and CPG brands. Bridg was aquired by Cardlytics in 2021. The Bridg journey began when Amit left Google in 2012, where he founded their vertical search product and authored multiple patents. Prior to Google, Amit co-founded and served as the Head of Business for Terra Matrix Media and Savings.com. Amit also created the vision for YouMail.com and their initial launch in 2007 as part of his MBA program at UCLA Anderson School of Management. He has received the UCLA Chancellor’s Excellence in Leadership Award and was recently named one of the 50 Most Influential People in the Restaurant Industry.